Ag college corporation name change to reflect new structure

Queensland Agriculture Minister John McVeigh says planned changes to the state's agriculture colleges will help to deliver a skilled workforce into the future.

Mr McVeigh has introduced an amendment bill into State Parliament, to change the structure of the Australian Agricultural College Corporation.

An Ernst and Young report last year recommended changes to help address financial losses being incurred by the corporation.

Mr McVeigh has told Parliament, it will be changed to a statutory body and there will also be a name change.

"The corporation provides training and education services through industry vocational training at six regional centres and education training through its residential colleges at Emerald and Longreach," he said.

"To reflect the new structure the corporation will also be renamed the Queensland Agricultural Training Colleges.

"This bill demonstrates the Government's commitment to ensuring the high quality agricultural training and vocational education required is available in Queensland to develop our skilled agricultural workers of the future.

"This bill restructures the corporation from a corporation sole to a statutory body."